15.08.2011                      15.Aw-Elul, 5771                       TuBeAw

Rivalitäten:

Abbas-Dahlan spat undermining Fatah, bolstering Hamas

Hamas cites internal dispute as justification for takeover of Gaza; dispute appears to be more serious than most thought.

As he prepares to submit a request to the UN in September for recognition of a Palestinian state, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has also found time to wage a relentless war against his former ally and friend, Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan.
The rivalry between the two men, which reached its peak last month when Abbas ordered his security forces to raid Dahlan’s villa on the outskirts of Ramallah, has caused severe damage to Fatah and will only serve Hamas’s interests, Fatah officials warned….